CARL RACHELSON

As we grumble fearfully about all that we think plagues us, there is solace in the world of film — 2015 has been an outstanding year for inspiring, profound, creative films not only in local theaters of every measure, but increasingly at our fingertips. With moral dilemmas abounding and discomfort ...

Though sometimes, I feel like a motherless child, and randomness feels like the order of the times, heaps of new media bring fresh perspectives. Constantly, I find myself looking down, not because I am afraid to give eye contact, but submissively, as in a slave to my iPhone and Mac. ...

It is said that there is no romance without finance. Therefore, I will eliminate the 16th incarnation of Moonlight & Music at the Deering. I’ll also skip the Valentine Weekend Cruise – Not Just for Couples – on the Carnival Destiny aka The Love Boat. The Date Creatively with Heartsy ...

It’s late January in Miami and Sondheim’s Into the Woods is at the Arsht. Ragtime is on Miracle Mile. The Lion King is playing in Broward Center of the Performing Arts; and even further, in West Palm’s Kravis, Flashdance the Musical is running. Harry Connick, Jr. is playing the Knight. ...

When TIME recognized the Ebola fighters as their 2014 Person of the Year, a collective nod and shrug followed. We live in an age of instant un-gratification. It may seem like there is rarely good news, except for in the Arts, so lets celebrate our 2014 highlights. Music: There is ...

There may be a limit to your love, but love it or hate it, graffiti has made its mark, especially in Miami; especially in Wynwood. This month, Wynwood’s gentrified/ post-hood influence crossed over Northwest 29th Street into the real, last vestiges of stillauthentic, local, home-to-real-people and taggers Wynwood, with a ...

Miami’s biggest annual event is once again upon us. Art Basel – Basel rhyming with nozzle not dazzle or Hazel –once again will invade Miami with a vengeance from Dec. 4-7, sort of. Satellite venues may begin two days earlier. Locals beware! Don’t get caught in the crossfire. Nothing here ...

Would anything be more diabolical than picturing Mitt Romney starring in an episode of South Park? No disrespect – honestly – but there is no greater irony than labeling The Book of Mormon a religious satire. Religion and I are old chums. I understand, get the point, was raised in ...